California’s earthquake early-warning system is getting a seismic upgrade, one that will allow residents to receive more timely alerts about shaking from an incoming megaquake. The...
It’s been five years since the last major outbreak of whooping cough in California, but the disease is on the rise. Nationwide, cases of pertussis, as...
People do not need to have tested positive for the coronavirus to be considered for a diagnosis of long COVID, a new report from the National...
It sounds like something out of a horror movie, like “The Blob” or “Godzilla.” But “heat domes” are far from fiction — and the West could...
One of the best diets for health keeps getting better. A new study that tracked more than 25,000 women for a quarter century found that the...
Book Review Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section By Rachel SomersteinEcco: 336 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times...
Los Angeles could soon end its requirement for city employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. City officials are recommending that the Los Angeles City Council halt...
Some epidemiologists, food safety experts and veterinarians worry that pets could provide a potential springboard for H5N1 bird flu to evolve into a human threat. They...
As the threat of wildfire worsens in California and across the world, a growing number of federal agencies, nonprofit organizations and tech companies are racing to...
Officials announced Thursday that a third U.S. dairy worker has been infected by avian flu, or H5N1. This is the second case in Michigan. Federal officials...
